Export earnings for July 2005 increased by a double-digit figure at 11.4 percent to $3.462 billion from $3.109 billion during the same period of the previous year. Receipts from merchandise exports during the period January to July 2005 grew by 4.…

The Construction Materials Wholesale Price Index (CMWPI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) registered a slower rate of increment of 0.3 percent in July from 0.6 percent in June. Price additions were slower in sand, stone and gravel, lumber and G.…

A total of 39,425 establishments engaged in other community, social and personal service activities were covered in 2003 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry. Most of these establishments, 38,888 or 98.6 percent had an average total…

CPI of Food, Beverages and Tobacco (FBT): National Capital Region (NCR) and Areas Outside the National Capital Region (AONCR) The seasonally adjusted CPI of FBT items in NCR and AONCR correspondingly accelerated to 121.2 and 125.2 in August from…

Year-on-year headline inflation rate in the Philippines slightly picked up by 0.1 percentage point to 7.2 percent in August from 7.1 percent in July as the inflation rates for housing and repairs (H&R) and services moved upward. Inflation a…

Value of Production Index (VaPI) for the manufacturing industry on a year-on-year basis grew by 7.2 percent in June 2005, according to the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI). Eight (8) major sectors…

Total external trade in goods for January to June 2005 amounted to $40.921 billion, an increase of 0.7 percent from $40.628 billion during the same period a year earlier. Likewise, total foreign-made merchandise fell by 1.5 percent to $21.524…

Quantity of domestic trade declines, value increases In the first quarter of 2005, the total quantity of domestic trade transactions decreased by 18.1 percent, resulting to 4.35 million tons from 5.31 million tons reported during the same period of…

Year-on-year inflation rate based on the General Wholesale Price Index (GWPI) at the national level went up to 10.9 percent in April from 10.7 percent in March.

Export earnings for June 2005 slightly increased by 1.0 percent to $3.352 billion from $3.318 billion during the same period a year ago. Receipts from merchandise exports during the period January to June 2005 gained by 3.3 percent to $19.397…